The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration does not love New York. The hundreds of tourism signs the Cuomo administration installed along New York's highways could wind up costing the state $14 million in federal funding.

Several Buffalo Common Councilmembers want the Kensington Expressway added to the studies currently being conducted by the state Department of Transportation on the Scajaquada Expressway through Delaware Park.

A nationally recognized expert on livable transportation says the Scajaquada Expressway is a small part of a larger need for land-use planning in this area. Ian Lockwood visited at the invitation of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy to look at the park road, as the state Department of Transportation deadline for comment approaches.

Reconstruction of the Scajaquada Expressway is slated to start this summer, but that has not settled neighborhood views on the New York State Department of Transportation's plan. A crowded public meeting Wednesday night was generally opposed to the plan.

The Department of Transportation released its revised guidelines on automated driving systems Tuesday, outlining its recommended — but not mandatory — best practices for companies developing self-driving cars.

A proposed project that is designed to improve traffic flow to and from the Peace Bridge is working its way through the federal environmental review process. Residents can get an update on the plan Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer says too many trucks are crashing into bridge overpasses, especially in Western New York.

Schumer appeared in Buffalo Thursday near the CSX Railroad overpass at William and Metcalfe. That bridge has been struck by trucks 32 times in the past few years. The bridge, built in 1926, has just a 12-foot clearance.

Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct an investigation. He wants national standards to be issued in the use of GPS units in commercial trucks.

A member of the state delegation is asking the Department of Transportation to study the cost of removing the Skyway from Buffalo's waterfront.

Assembly member Michael Kearns has been calling for the bridge's demolition since serving on the city's Common Council. Kearns sent a letter to New York State DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald Tuesday requesting an Environmental Impact Study and cost estimate for removal of the Buffalo Skyway.

"There has never been a study to see what the true cost would be to take the Skyway down."

A portion of Route 270, Campbell Boulevard in the town of Amherst, will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, June 25.

The New York State Department of Transportation has announced that culvert replacement work will begin on Route 27. As a result, NY Route 270, between North French Road and Tonawanda Creek Road, will be closed to all traffic.

The closure is expected to last for approximately one week. Traffic will be directed to follow a posted detour route. The work is weather sensitive and may be delayed in the event of inclement weather.